Predictive Factors of Social Stigma Associated with Covid-19 among Nursing Students
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Objectives: To examine levels of social stigma associated with Covid-19 among nursing students and its predictive factors.
Material and methods: The data were collected among 402 nursing students of a nursing college in the northern region of Thailand. The research instruments collected the following data: personal characteristics, the social stigma associated with Covid-19 (SS-Covid-19), knowledge regarding Covid-19 (K-Covid-19), attitudes toward persons who experienced Covid-19 infection (ATT-Covid-19), anxiety related to Covid-19 (ANX-Covid-19), and information perception regarding Covid-19 through media (INFO-Covid-19). Data were collected from November to December 2021, and were analyzed using descriptive statistics. A Pearson correlation coefficient and a stepwise multiple regression were applied to examine predictors of social stigma associated with Covid-19.
Results: It was found that SS-Covid-19 among nursing students was at a low level. The stepwise multiple regression results showed that ATT-Covid-19, K-Covid-19, ANX-Covid-19, and year 3 students could explain 19.6 % of social stigma associated with Covid-19. ATT-Covid-19 was the most important predictor of SS-Covid-19.
Conclusion: It is important to develop a more effective method that provides reliable and accurate information to the public in order to prevent negative attitudes and irrational fear of infection which leads to social stigma associated with Covid-19.
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บทความหลังผ่านการปรับแก้จากกองบรรณาธิการแล้ว เป็นลิขสิทธ์ของวารสารจิตเวชวิทยาสาร โรงพยาบาลสวนปรุง กรมสุขภาพจิต กระทรวงสาธารณสุข ห้ามเผยแพร่เพื่อประโยชน์ทางการค้าโดยไม่ได้รับอนุญาต แต่อนุญาตให้เผยแพร่บทความดังกล่าวเพื่อประโยชน์ทางการศึกษาแก่ประชาชนทั่วไป ทั้งนี้กองบรรณาธิการไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วยกับบทความหรือข้อคิดเห็นใดๆ ที่ปรากฏในวารสารสวนปรุง
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